If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!
Late to the party here…this is absolutely brilliant. So many lessons go over the pentatonics but don’t discuss what happens when you go to the 4, 5, m2 and m3 chords. This does beautifully. I will add this to my arsenal and compliments triad playing quite well. Essentially you’re playing the “G” shape over the 1/m6 chord, the “D” shape over the 4/m2 chord, and the “C” shaped over the 5/m3 chord, but in an elegant way that brings out the chords tones of each chord. Really really well done.
The same way I spent 50 years trying to work it out, The books teach you the patterns and some simple licks and runs - in various styles (if you’re lucky)… but they didn’t teach the practical application; it’s why I became very good at rhythm playing and am only now starting to get the hang of soloing - thanks to Brian and others!
I can’t believe you don’t get more views. Out of all the guitar teachers I watch on RU-vid I always comprehend your lessons the best. Keep it up brian and thanks!
Hey thanks a lot! I'm still new to the youtube thing. It's definitely growing! I just uploaded this video last night, and 12 hours later it's at 1.4K views! That's definitely way better than I was doing last year!
Really nice stuff. Of course when you start using the different pentatonic shapes to stay in one area you're back to caged where position I pairs with the e shape, IV with the A shape, etc. Or am I wrong? Also aren't your 3 expanded shapes at the end really modal positions? Am I too deep in the weeds here?
@@vaner9283 It's all just different approaches to the same thing pretty much. The goal is to know how to play "in key" and know where the chord tones are, wherever you are on the fretboard. This is just another approach to that. I avoid using the word "modal shapes" because people get confused about modes a lot. This lesson here is how I want people to understand modes: www.zombieguitar.com/introduction-to-modes/. The entire thing in thos video is in the "key of F# minor" or "F# Aeolian". The "mode" isn't changing every time there is a chord change. It's just a chord progression in F# minor. Make sense?
Brian you’ve been changing my life! i’ve been playing for way too long but i’ve finally started taking lead guitar seriously and learning all the theory i skipped over. you are the perfect teacher
I always get excited when I get notification of a new video/post from Brian ... mainly because I am assured of musical tuition of the highest quality. Like a previous poster, I too am amazed why these unique lessons do not get more views. That being said, I am one of those who have followed Brian for quite some time now, and I am personally delighted at the way the subscription numbers have increased, almost trebled this last 12 months ..... Brians' efforts are truly deserving of such support and praise. Cheers my friend ......
Hey. I just wanted to say massive thank you for this video. I've owned a guitar for 13 years and taught myself how to play but I could never understand the concept of soloing/improvisation, so I was always just playing chords and sometimes tried to use pentatonic all over the place without really thinking but rather as you put it "playing one pattern over the whole neck and hoping that you will hit the chord tones". With that, I had many quits and was thinking that I just can't learn it.. Was giving up guitar for months sometime. Got a lot of bad habits because of watching probably thousands of 10-15 mins videos that go like "ONE PENTATONIC SHAPE TO SOLO IMMIDIATELY! YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW EASY IT IS".. Fair enough, I learned the shapes but nobody ever talked about actually understanding it and applying over the chord changes etc. so thanks a lot because something in my head just clicked right now and it's like my excitement of playing came back and I want to learn some new habits, hopefully forget everything else I was trying to do the past years. Thank you.
Wow bro. I'm an instant subscriber!!! This is exactly what I've been looking for. I'm glad that you focus more on the information than on your set, or selling your course enrollment. Very detailed and practical!! Thank you so much
Brian I really enjoyed your lesson I'm a piano and keyboard player . I love how the Pentatonic and blues scale can really create an emotional impact when you combine it with other types of voice leading and progressions . Learning diffrent options is a great way to develop your craft more fully .
This lesson is exactly what I do in my playing. Using the EMaj and Am open shapes as Barre chords downthe neck, I keep my Barre finger in place and use middle ring and pinky fingers to play the scale. Then I consider all other scales' fingerings in the 3 frets adjacent to my barre finger. I especially find that playing the scale note pattern found at the nut, that includes the open strings, anywhere on the fretboard next to my Barre finger as root/ chord, gives me my 'play space' for a choice of notes in the scale of my choice. (I don't 'fold back' scale fingerings to above my barre finger. Then I sometimes put a slide on my barre finger). Thanks very very much for your awesome lessons. This one resonated.
I also like playing all open chords shapes next to a barre finger that are easily possible with my middle ring and pinky fingers eg AM7, Am7, A7, B7 fragment, B dim, Cm7 , D7, D6, Em7 E, E7. Etc,. For notions of a 'scale of chords' that result from the barre/root note position. Not very scientific, but I'm still learning. :-)
what an awesome way to completely master all positions of pentatonics in all keys, by working out the positions for each chord , over each position....chord tones are easy to hit too
This is simply the best channel to learn the guitar. I have practised a lot this scale but without knowing te real usage. Thanks to these videos it makes a lot of sense now. Definitely subscribing to zombieguitar.
I always thought this would work but never took the time to figure it out... Just played the patterns in the key and tried to land on the notes I wanted in whatever pattern I was in. This will make it easier to find those notes to clean up and add intention to that noodling.
Aha! the F#m and A are not only relative minor and major but relative minor and major mode - and not only are Aeolian and Ionian relative but Dorian/Lydian and Phrygian/Mixolydian too!! that makes things much simpler!! thanks, Brian!!
I have been playing guitar basically on chords. I could never understand those guys playing solo. I saw my co worker playing solo over a song without even thinking what key he's in., he knows instantly. Then I came across your videos and the light bulb turned on. Now I have the idea and with practice on your lesson I will be playing solo in no time. Chord playing is just getting boring. Thank you sir for all your lessons.🙏❤️
I agree with some others. This channel deserves more attention. Your video on the Circle of 5ths is the best/most complete one I have seen on YT. Good job.
@@zombieguitar i got the feeling when i play but been stuck with getting my head round the theory for years.but your the first teacher i discovered today that shows it simply and well enough for me to go forward with the giutar and finally get out of this block ive had for years it would mean so much to me.im not very disaplined,i need lessons.thanks man
@@anthonyfaulkner3415 ya it's like learning a new language. Over time you just start to understand it more and more until eventually you become fluent in it!
All the other crappy guitar lesson channels should be scrapped and only this one should remain. This is the only, only channel that make sense in every sense of it
Thank you finally i found how to connect the pentatonic shapes in good explanation. Please can you give us a turorial how to connect the Major scale + Rrlative minor of scale and pentatonic? I really appreciate your video sit. Thabk you so much. From Philippines
The major scale and the natural minor scale are the exact same "patterns". I have tons of lessons about that, here is one of them: www.zombieguitar.com/the-3-most-common-ways-to-visualize-the-diatonic-scale-across-the-neck/
Could you do a similar tutorial on the method I've shared here.. same kinda thing as this video www.dropbox.com/s/a9p14g50hloh6n9/FB_IMG_1537467307613.jpg?dl=0
you are the best teacher ever you opened up a whole new perspective to guitar playing for me.. i know that when you learn theory everything comes naturally afterwards, but can you make a video on how to let go of the theory at a certain point and just play with feeling because theory sometimes gets me stuck in a box
I'm trying to work on my "feel" these days, because I do feel that my playing tends to sound very mechanical. I'm trying to really pay attention to the players that have the "feel", and thats all I really pay attention to these days!
love your vids, just discovered them, had to comment on your humble reply. even Clapton said theres always someone faster or better, just try to be your best@@zombieguitar
too good man! like as you said...the caged system is just too much in the beginning of learning to target chord tones...i will definitely try out this approach! thx for the very understandable lesson 👏🏻
@@zombieguitar good to hear it Brian as one of the most likable and knowledgeable personalities on the guitar teaching RU-vid scene I'm overjoyed that you're still with us. Really not sure about this zombie thing though I have recently purchased a BBC Doctor Who Dalek I was wondering if you might like to use this as your mentor/avatar instead?
I know the pentatonic shapes using the caged system as far a s C shape A shape act.., So when adding the notes to make it diatonic, why doesn't the shape stay the same for each different chord?
You're not making the distinction between "layer 1" (the key scale) and "layer 2" (the underlying chords). If you remain in one single key, then the key-scale remains constant, but the underlying chords change. I did a video about this here 😁 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oIt5F-OmjSs.html
Hey thanks a lot! Nah, I'm self taught pretty much. I picked "Zombie Guitar", because it seems like an easy name for people to remember. But I've heard from other people that I should change the name. Unfortunately, I already have a year and a half invested into growing this name!
bro does playing the notes on every scale required to play first the root note or it can be completely random as long you are hitting those root note in every chord in a chord progression?
Wow... that blew my mind. Consideration nr1: at the end, if we consider a diatonic scale, when we overlap the proper pentatonic scale for each chord we can more easily find chord tones and/or other notes that fit well harmonically with that chord. Still being in a diatonic scale... Consideration nr2: if we focus instead on each pentatonic position 1 for each chord, and add notes from the main diatonic scale... man, I see modes now: it’s like you are playing either dorian or mixolydian erc. on every chord... and you can actually feel that flavor! Again, this blew my mind and hopefully I’’m right which means I’m finally putting together pieces....
Dude, I got my 5 shapes down in Aminor. Wanted to get some more variety and do some chord chasing. I just got the chord tone thing thanks to your video. Do you have one that explains how to find them across the other shapes so I can work on that
So if I am seeing this right... you can play the corresponding major or minor pentatonic scale over each chord and it will always be in the main key? And this works as a rule for any key? Thank you for the lesson, awesome video! This is an awesome little "hack" if you want to call it that!
What I don't understand about this is when you add the diatonic notes, for example to the E pentatonic position, you add the diatonic notes of the A major scale (or F# minor). My question is could you not simply add the diatonic notes of the E major scale to the E pentatonic position. Would this not make things easier because then there would only be one pattern to learn for any chord? You would be using the diatonic scale that matches each chord.
The thing is that the chord progression as a whole is in the key of A major, so if you add in notes from the E major scale, you will have one out-of-key note!
Yes, I understand that but if you're playing the E major scale only over the E major chord would that not be OK? I thought that was the whole point of this lesson - changing the scale each time there's a chord change to match the chord you're playing over.
The 5 notes of the E major pentatonic scale are all part of the key signature of A major (as are the other pentatonics), but the 1 of the 2 additional notes from the E major scale are not "in key". The pentatonics are in, but the full diatonics are not!
i have a qustion If im playing Dm pentatonic scale Over Dm chord why there is E tone in Dm chord but not in Dm pentatonic 🤷🏻♂️ can i still play it or avoid it cuz i can only use D and A tones
No this is not the CAGED system. if you want to understand the ins and outs of the CAGED system, I highly recommend that you go through this lesson. It covers the entire system from start to finish! www.zombieguitar.com/9-steps-to-fully-understand-the-caged-system/
Hi. Thanks for the lesson. I think the description is a bit misleading. Throughout the whole progression, you're playin F#min scale, with various scale shapes. While you're explaining though, you speak as if you're playing E scale over E chord & D scale over D chord. But that's not the case. Other than that, cool video 😊.
No it definitely IS the case. There are 3 pentatonics found in every key. Some even call it 6, but it's actually 3 relative major/minor pentatonics in every key.
